“Instincts kicked in; I had to do what I could to save this person’s life,” one Eagle Scout says. “I knew if I needed to take a break, my friends could sub in.”
Slade Caltrider came home from a summer canoeing trip with his troop with his legs covered in mosquito bites. Over the next five months, the itching and discomfort never went away.
Every year since 2000, a group of kayakers paddle from Miami to Key West, Fla., to raise money in the fight against cancer. Two of those kayakers are Scout executives and Eagle Scouts.
Chapter 23 of Scouts Then and Now includes more before-and-after photos that show the transformative power of Scouting. Scouting really does change lives.